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The High Life

9 average rating
9
French / 100 MIN. / 1951

The Genres

The Synopsis

Jojo is a seventeen-year-old factory worker living poorly in Aubervilliers with his grandmother. Dissatisfied with his lackluster everyday life, Jojo dreams of the high life. He starts mixing with shady individuals such as thieves and traffickers. At a time, he even contemplates murdering a rich butcher. Fortunately, his protector Monsieur Charles, a warm-hearted gangster, will stop him from carrying out this crazy plan, thus wasting his young life.

The Cast

Luc AndrieuxSerge BentoPaul BiscigliaJosé CasaRémi ClaryJean-Claude DebetRenée DennsyJacques DenoëlCatherine ErardÉmile GenevoisLucien GonzalèsClaire GuibertJacques MicaelliGeorges MontalJane MorletHenri NassietG. ParisotRoger SagetBernard SoukoffJean-Pierre VaguerJean Violette

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